St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-26


through small woods near the town,
and that was the last seen of her until
her dead body was found in the woods
three days later. The girl had been
choked to death with her own veil, but
had, before giving up the struggle, made
desperate endeaYOr to preserve her
virtue. The town was thrown into a
fever OF excitement by the murder. and
searching party after searching party
was sent out. This business man, whom
| will call Mr.. Blank, was one of the
first to declare that the murderer must
be hunted down. Two days after the
affair he went before magistrate and
swore out warrant charging tramp
known as 'Reddy' with the crime.
'Reddy' was arrested, but vehemently
denied all knowledge of the terrible
crime. He admitted having been near
the woods OH the fatal day, but insisted
that he was there only for the purpose
of setting some traps. When the case
came to trial, Mr.. Blank swore that he
had heard .Reddy' talking about the
crime before it was committed, and had,
later on, seen him with handkerchief
belonging to the dead girl in his posses
sion. 'Reddy' protested his innocence,
but refused to tell his name, where he
he came from, or in fact anything about
himself. He was convicted after short
trial. just after he had been sentenced
to be hung, lady. rich and respected.
came from Chicago and identified
'Reddy' as her son, who had been alb
sent from home for long time.
'Reddy' denied all knowledge of the
woman, saying he had never seen her
before In his life. When the day for
execution came he wrote a long letter.
sealed it, and handed it to the
sheriff, saying that if it were
guilty he wanted it opened and the con
tents printed. Well, poor 'Reddy'
was hanged, protesting his innocence to
the last. A few months after the exc
cutiOn the business man who had sworn
'Reddy's' life away moved TO small
town in Southern Wisconsin. Seven
years passed away, and 'Reddy'S' let
ter had been handed down from sheriff
to sheriff. One day telegram was re-
ceived by the sheriff, saying Mr.. Blank
was dying at t., and wanted TO see
him at once. on matter of the utmost
Importance. The sheriff went there,
and TO him, in the presence of witnesses,
Mr.. Blank confessed that he had met
the girl in the woods, and had asked
her to marry him. She refused, where
upon he overpOwered her and outraged
her. Then, fearing that she would
make him trouble. he had taken her
veil and had chOked her to death.
writing the sheriff placed Mr.. Blank
under arrest, but he died before
the case came to trial. 'Reddy's' let
ter, written seven long years before, was
then opened. In it he acknowledged
that the lady who came from Chicago
to see him was his mother, but that he
had thought 1t best to deny her. as he
was going to be hung. He further said
that while he had been tramp, he had
never committed a crime in his life.
The Jury which had convicted him and
the Judge who sentenced him caused a
handsome monument to be erected over
his grave, and there it stands to-day.
marking the spot where the body of an
innocent man who was hung lies"
Nationality in Politics.
To the Editor of the Globe.
We are pleased to have you open your
columns to the discussion of the above
tonic, that a ''fOreigE-born" is the
starter. He is not alone in being dis
turbed at the clanniShneSS that befuddleS
our state government. Early i'll our
Statehood the political wirepullers did
all they could to bring about this state
of things. 1t began with Irish and they
as clanSmen asked their recognition.
Germans. French and ScandinavianS
have followed, and now the negro and
other native-bOrn citizens are beginning
to call for prOpOrtlonate power and
place, from which they seem to be shut
out by those coming in at the
eleventh hour of our existence.
L. eli oil
strife feel these things, feeling some
change is necessary. as said by Ting
void. Were we to have a standard of
qualifications by which to measure the
fitness and capability of those who as
pire for office, above that of money or
nationality, we fear very few of those
now holding office or aspiring for it
would get recognized. Were people and
papers to give that scale and drop the
scnrTilOuS attacks upon candidates, al
lowing competitive struggle for fitness
to be part of the canvass for votes i'll
stead of such harangues as are used,
then there need not. would not, be such
opportunity for national clans. "WhO
is to blame for it?' he asks. We are all
i'll some degree, and each voter should
feel his guilt. When will we be as bright
as the Chinaman? When he votes he
expects to know his candidate is fully
competent to perform the duties of the
office, is respectable and respected cit
iZen, has that record to prove himself
worthy. A. NJ. GREEDY.
THIS WEEKS ADJUSTMENTS.
The Bostonians arrived in the city
yesterday morning and the principals
are at the West. Their first perform
will 40 erix- of OF . N
m. at the holiday matinee. the opera
being FRA DiavolO." Tonight the new
opera, The POachers," with a strong
castoincluding Misses Stone. and Hunt
ingtOn, Karl, Barnabee. Macdonald and
others will be here.o The company in
cludeS all the old favoriteS of the Boston
Ideals, and numbers in all sixty-tive
people. The new members of the conf
pany-Camille UrsOri, Juliette Gordon,
+. A. Xanten and j. A. Montgomery
have been highly praised by the Eastern
press. The orchestra will be led by 5.
l.. Studley, the well known opera
director. The stage will be under the
direction of Oscar We'll, the well known
librettist.
The new drop curtain of the Grand,
entitled THE Sultan's Visit to the
Mosque" will be hung this evening. 1t
IS pronounced 10 DC Tie nlleSl III the
city.
The Gypsy Baron Opera Comique
company follows the BostOnians at the
Grand. The date for the sale of seats
will be announced.
"Uncle Toms Cabin" was presented
to large and enthusiastic audience at
the Peoples last evening. The acting
of James Harrison as Uncle Tom was
excellent, as was that of Neil Scully as
Lawyer Marks. The cast is splendid